Habitat selection of the Tibetan Snow Cock Tetraogallus tibetanus in the spring in Lhasa

Autor:	Jiaqi Li, Hongquan Shi, Naifa Liu
Rok vydání:	2008
Předmět:	Ecology Range (biology) ved/biology ved/biology.organism_classification_rank.species Foraging Vegetation Biology Snow biology.organism_classification Shrub Altitude Habitat Tetraogallus tibetanus Genetics Physical geography Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Biotechnology
Zdroj:	Frontiers of Biology in China. 3:232-235
ISSN:	1673-3622 1673-3509
DOI:	10.1007/s11515-008-0035-9
Popis:	The habitat selection of Tibetan Snow Cocks in shrub vegetation was investigated in Lhasa, Tibet, China, between March and April, 2005. Fourteen parameters were measured. These include altitude, slope, slope aspect, slope position, vegetation cover, plant type and other environmental parameters. Results show that Snow Cocks favor foraging in areas where vegetation cover was small and close to the residents’ houses. Supplementary food supplied by humans has caused Snow Cocks to decrease their foraging range. Snow Cocks also favor roosting in areas with low vegetation, sparse grass, short grass, large rocks and close to houses. The Snow Cocks’ activity in the study areas show a close relationship with human activities.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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